BySam Nasr

March 25, 2008

AgendaSQL Server 2008 FeaturesBreakBusiness Intelligence(BI) FeaturesCertificationQ&ASurveys/RaffleNetworking at Winking Lizard (Rockside)

SQL Server 2008Code name “katmai”Currently in Beta CTP available for free downloadCTP contains working features end-endRTM in Q3 2008

System RequirementsSupported Operating Systems:

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2Windows Server 2008Windows VistaWindows XP Service Pack 2

For all download types:32-bit systems:

Intel compatible Pentium III 600 MHz (1 GHz recommended)

64-bit systems: 1 GHz CPU 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended) 675 MB of available hard disk space

What’s New?Platform Features (DBA)T-SQL FeaturesData TypesReporting Services

Platform FeaturesTransparent Data EncryptionExternal Key ManagementData Auditing (change tracking)Hot Add CPUTransparent FailoverPolicy Implementation Auto Synchronization (conflict detection)

T-SQL FeaturesTable Value ParametersFileStream Object StorageMergeVariable initializersRow constructors with >1 rowCompound operators (+=)Grouping sets (extension of Group By clause)Intellisense addedNew CollationsCLR UDT 2GB capacityIntegrated Full Text SearchSparse Columns (Indexing)

T-SQL Data TypesGeometery (for planar shapes, i.e. whse

layout)Geography (for GPS coordinates)HierarchyIDdatetimedatetime2Datetimeoffset (timezone )

Date/Time VariablesSQL Server 2005:

SQL Server 2008:Type Accuracy Range

Date 1 day 1-1-1 to 9999-12-31

time 100 nS 00:00:00 to 23:59.59.9999999

datetime2 100 nS 1-1-1 00:00:00 to 9999-12-31 23:59.59.9999999

datetimeoffset 100 nS 1-1-1 00:00:00 to 9999-12-31 23:59.59.9999999

Type Accuracy Range

Smalldatetime 1 min 1900-1-1 to 2079-6-6

Datetime 3.33 mS 1753-1-1 to 9999-12-31

FilestreamFilestream storage attribute on

varbinary(max) columnIncludes transactional access through Win32

APIPathName()Get_Filestream_Transaction_context()OpenSqlFileStream()

Demo Table Value ParametersGrouping SetsHierarchyIDNew Date/Time variables , & datetimeoffset

Business IntelligenceSSRS free with SQL Server 2008Incorporates Dundas ControlsRender to MS-WordScale out Analysis (read-only)Subspace computations/aggregationsNew Cube Design ToolsBest Practice Design AlertsIIS Agnostic SSRS

CTP Gotchas (installation)Services had to be set to Local SystemClient tools failed to install initially

CTP Gotchas (RS)Move objects only by dragging the “move”

icon “move” icon is not always visibleReportName not populatedReportServer not automatically configured on

localhost.

ReferencesMicrosoft SQL Server 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/default.aspx

SQL Server 2008 Web Castshttp://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2008/en/us/events-webcasts.aspx

Microsoft SQL Server 2008 CTP, February 2008

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=749BD760-F404-4D45-9AC0-D7F1B3ED1053&displaylang=en

"First to Know“ SQL Server 2008 Exam Offerhttp://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/sqlvs/offer/default.mspx